American Indian Quotes [Part 2]

Each person is his own judge.

Shawnee

Even a small mouse has anger.

 Tribe Unknown

"Every animal knows more than you do." 

Nez Perce

"Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of something." 

Maricopa

Everything the power does, it does in a circle. 

Lakota

Force, no matter how concealed, begets resistance. 

Lakota

Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way." 

Native American saying

God gives us each a song. 

Ute

"He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone." 

Seneca

"How smooth must be the language of the whites, 

when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right." 

From Black Hawk, Sauk

"I am tired of fighting...

from where the sun now stands, 

I will fight no more." 

Chief Joseph

"If a man is as wise as a serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove."  

Cheyenne

If a man is to do something more than human, he must have more than human powers. 

Tribe Unknown

"If we wonder often, the gift of knowledge will come." 

Arapaho

If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. 

Minquass

In age, talk; in childhood, tears. 

Hopi

"Is it wrong for me to love my own? 

Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? 

Because I am Sioux? 

Because I was born where my father lived? 

Because I would die for my people and my country? 

God made me an Indian." 

Sitting Bull

It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand. 

Apache

"It is easy to be brave from a distance." 

Omaha

"It is less of a problem to be poor, than to be dishonest." 

Anishinabe

It is no longer good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace and live in peace. - Shenandoah

It takes a thousand voices to tell a single story.

Tribe Unknown

"Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way." 

Blackfoot

Listen, or your tongue will make you deaf. 

Tribe Unknown

Listening to a liar is like drinking warm water. 

Tribe Unknown